Aleksandar Komulović

Aleksandar Komulović
Born1548
Split, Republic of Venice
Died11 June 1608 (aged 59–60)
Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa
Other namesLesandro Komulouich, Komulić, Comuleus, Comuli, Alessandro Schiavone, Alessandro Dalmata
OccupationsCatholic priest, Papal diplomat, writer, linguist
Known forone of the earliest Pan-Slavists
MovementCounter-Reformation

Aleksandar Komulović (1548 – 11 June 1608) was a Catholic priest and diplomat from Venetian Dalmatia (now Croatia). Part of the Counter-Reformation, and an early Pan-Slavist, he notably led a diplomatic mission aimed to forge an anti-Ottoman coalition in support of the West during the Long Turkish War, principally in the Balkans and among the Slavs. Although he failed his mission, he inspired the Serbs to revolt. The Papacy was aware that the Latin language of the liturgical books presented an obstacle for the conversion of the South Slavs from Islam and Orthodoxy to Catholicism. Komulović belonged to the first group of Jesuit missionaries and authors who attempted to spread Catholicism among the Slavs using liturgical books in Slavic. After his death, his propaganda activities were continued by Bartol Kašić.

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